Andrew: "Well, it's official. Owen's gotta wear braces for the rest of the season. (Sigh) I just hate this."
Um, Owen is a cartoon character.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Super Saturday
Purdue offers enrichment classes every fall, spring, and summer. The fall and spring versions are called "Super Saturdays". In the fall Drew took a "Weird Science" class and absolutely adored it. Even better, his friend Colten (a friend from SEFE who moved to W. Lafayette) was also in his class.
In January, both kids enrolled in classes. Andrew's was "magnificent machines" and Erin's was an art-based class (something about "beyond crayons"--the title eludes me just now). Again, Colten was enrolled with Drew. Both loved their classes. Drew made a video of himself as part of his demonstration. (I may try to figure out how to link that later.) Erin is shy by nature so the class was great at getting her out of her shell. Her teacher actually commented that her ability to be quiet, observe, and reflect was one of her greatest strengths.
In January, both kids enrolled in classes. Andrew's was "magnificent machines" and Erin's was an art-based class (something about "beyond crayons"--the title eludes me just now). Again, Colten was enrolled with Drew. Both loved their classes. Drew made a video of himself as part of his demonstration. (I may try to figure out how to link that later.) Erin is shy by nature so the class was great at getting her out of her shell. Her teacher actually commented that her ability to be quiet, observe, and reflect was one of her greatest strengths.
From 8/16/09
Jill Johnson Sillery loved her son's homemade 12-page "impossible quiz" that he made up tonight. (He had discovered the internet's version of this and made a handwritten verson for us. It rocked.)
Catchup Time...
This was meant to be more of a family journal b/c I wasn't handwriting in either kids' personal journals. I'm on the computer all the time anyway, right? Since I put so much stuff on Facebook, though, updating here just seemed silly. Now I realize I need to go back in time and catch up before I forget what the entire 2009-10 school year was like.
Deep breath.
So here I go...keeping in mind that some of this stuff is just for remembrance purposes, not really to entertain, and also noting that most of the cute kids' stuff was already told on Facebook.
Drew was fortunate enough to be placed in the high ability 2nd grade classroom with Mrs. Peevler. He did encounter some bullying issues with a couple of boys but generally loved his year and learned so, so much. He got new glasses in October (his eyesight went from 20/25 to 20/80 in ONE YEAR'S TIME). They are adorable and it seems like he's had them forever now.
Erin went to preschool at the Williamsport Day School thanks to my friend Kim, who took Erin and Allie together 3 days a week and did 98% of the transporting both directions. (In going through some old Facebook posts, I had to chuckle at her parent/teacher conference in October. Her teacher, Mrs. Girdler, gave her the highest possible marks in all but two areas: verbal skills and imagination. I rather think anyone reading this blog will disagree.)
Erin celebrated her 5th birthday with her friends Isabel and Allie at Monkey Joe's in Lafayette. Drew turned 8 in April and designed his own cake (a stick person stuck in a homemade chocolate cake to make it look like he was drowning).
Both kids were in soccer last fall (Erin in the 4-6 year old group, Drew in the 6-10 year old group) and loved it--despite Drew having to, at one point, play his "archnemesis from preschool." They are enrolled again, in fact. I will be coaching Erin's team. Quit laughing.
OK, the next few posts will be random quotes/info from Facebook just to get caught up. Get some popcorn, take a nap...whatever.
Deep breath.
So here I go...keeping in mind that some of this stuff is just for remembrance purposes, not really to entertain, and also noting that most of the cute kids' stuff was already told on Facebook.
Drew was fortunate enough to be placed in the high ability 2nd grade classroom with Mrs. Peevler. He did encounter some bullying issues with a couple of boys but generally loved his year and learned so, so much. He got new glasses in October (his eyesight went from 20/25 to 20/80 in ONE YEAR'S TIME). They are adorable and it seems like he's had them forever now.
Erin went to preschool at the Williamsport Day School thanks to my friend Kim, who took Erin and Allie together 3 days a week and did 98% of the transporting both directions. (In going through some old Facebook posts, I had to chuckle at her parent/teacher conference in October. Her teacher, Mrs. Girdler, gave her the highest possible marks in all but two areas: verbal skills and imagination. I rather think anyone reading this blog will disagree.)
Erin celebrated her 5th birthday with her friends Isabel and Allie at Monkey Joe's in Lafayette. Drew turned 8 in April and designed his own cake (a stick person stuck in a homemade chocolate cake to make it look like he was drowning).
Both kids were in soccer last fall (Erin in the 4-6 year old group, Drew in the 6-10 year old group) and loved it--despite Drew having to, at one point, play his "archnemesis from preschool." They are enrolled again, in fact. I will be coaching Erin's team. Quit laughing.
OK, the next few posts will be random quotes/info from Facebook just to get caught up. Get some popcorn, take a nap...whatever.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Big girl Erin!
At the end of the summer Erin said she was ready to get earrings. She's pretty responsible for her age so we made the big plunge to go ahead and do it. Here she is at Claire's for her "before" shot with naked ears.
She got to hold this stuffed bear for support. She needed it, too. Even though we'd talked about the pain, it still hurt more than she wanted it to and she ended up crying.
The "after" picture (she picked such cute little pink flower earrings):
I think we may have traumatized the poor Claire's employee since she cried for a few minutes. I made sure we hung around the store for a few minutes so the employee could see Erin calmer--which she was after just 5-6 minutes. She really was a brave, big girl. I was really proud of her. See the smile just a few minutes later!
She got to hold this stuffed bear for support. She needed it, too. Even though we'd talked about the pain, it still hurt more than she wanted it to and she ended up crying.
The "after" picture (she picked such cute little pink flower earrings):
I think we may have traumatized the poor Claire's employee since she cried for a few minutes. I made sure we hung around the store for a few minutes so the employee could see Erin calmer--which she was after just 5-6 minutes. She really was a brave, big girl. I was really proud of her. See the smile just a few minutes later!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Andrew is blogging
Drew wanted to set up his own blogspot. You can find him at www.drewbieeee.blogspot.com
I'm hoping this will be a good opportunity to talk to him about grammar, spelling, etc. From the first couple of posts he's made, there's definitely a need for that!
I'm hoping this will be a good opportunity to talk to him about grammar, spelling, etc. From the first couple of posts he's made, there's definitely a need for that!
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